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EVERETT SCHOO|>, 

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EDWARD EVERETT 



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EVERETT SCHOOL, 



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ON THE DEATH 



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EDWARD EVERETT 



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BOSTON: 
J. E. FARWELL AND COMPANY, PIUNTEHS, 

No. 37 CoNOEKsa Street. 
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MEMORIAL SERVICES AT THE EVERETT 

SCHOOL. 



On the morning of Saturday, January 21, 1865, at nine o'clock, 
the scholars of the Everett School were assembled in the spacious 
hall of the Schoolhouse, on Northampton Street. The Committee 
of the School were present, and a large number of the parents of 
the children. The Master of the School, Mr. George B. Hyde, 
commenced the exercises by reading appropriate selections from the 
Scriptures. Prayer was offered by Eev. Robert C. Waterston, 
after which a hymn was sung by the members of the first class. 

Alden Speare, Esq. Chairman of the Sub-Committee, then 
stated the purposes of the present gathering, setting forth the loss 
this school had sustained in the death of Mr. Everett, and the mul- 
titude of reasons which impelled us to pay respect to his memory. 
He closed by introducing Frederic F. Thayer, Esq. who, as 
Chairman of the Sub-Committee of the School for the year 1860, 
was familiar with all the circumstances connected with the naming 
and the dedication of the Schoolhouse. 

Mr. Thayer spoke as follows : — 

Mr. Chairman: When, yesterday, I received your 
kind invitation to be present here this morning, and to 



4 MEMOKIAL OF EDWARD EVERETT. 

say a few words, I confess to mingled emotions of grati- 
tude for the compliment of the invitation ; and of con- 
scious inability to say anything worthy of the occasion. 
But inasmuch as here I am not a stranger, and lest my 
silence might be construed to indicate a diminution of 
interest in this School, or an indifference to the occasion, 
I shall venture to occupy a few moments of the hour, 
set apart for this sad memorial service. 

We have reached the last day of a week of mourning. 
On its first morning, when all the Christian world was 
preparing for the quiet of another Sabbath, the foremost 
man among us was called from the turmoils and excite- 
ments of earth to his everlasting rest. From the crowd 
who were accustomed to go to the house of God in com- 
pany, one was missing ; our hope and our faith prompt 
the suggestion, that another had joined the society of 
"the spirits of just men made perfect." A mortal, 
though loved, honored as few men ever have been, yet 
a mortal, by one of the kindliest agencies, through which 
the angel of death visits human habitations to execute his 
terrible mission, had laid aside the burden of the flesh, 
■with its anxieties, its struggles, and its sorrows, and put 
on the immortal vestments, with the emblematic palm- 
wreath and crown. And as the voice of the Christian 
minister was lifted to lead the devotions of his people in 
prayer to God, for the forgiveness of their sins, in thank-, 
fulness for innumerable blessings, it did not fail to offer 
also the petition of a whole people, stricken by sudden 
and overwhelming grief. From that day to this, has the 



SERVICES AT THE EVERETT SCHOOL. O 

prayer been repeated aloud in the busy marts of com- 
merce, and in the privacy of a thousand homes, indicat- 
ing so sincerely, an expression of bereavement so general, 
as almost never to have been equalled in the event of the 
death of any citizen. The eloquence of the most gifted, 
the learning of the schools, and the heartfelt utterances of 
friend to friend, have indicated a realizing sense of the 
loss our city, our state, our country, the enlightened 
world, have sustained in his death, whose virtues, whose 
patriotism, whose learning, all vie with each other most 
fittingly to exalt and to commemorate. 

Impelled by the same motives which have induced 
the numerous societies and associations, of which he was 
a member, to assemble that they might properly call to 
mind his pleasant connection with them, — to be experi- 
enced no more on earth, — and to make a respectful record 
to his memory, are we now assembled, — the teachers, 
the pupils, the Committee, and a portion of the friends of 
the Everett School ; to repeat in great measure, it may be, 
what others have said before us ; but on this spot, amid 
these scenes, wherein he was wont to join us with pleasure, 
— in this building, which is to bear his name, — probably 
when all of us, like him, have passed from earth, is to 
bear his name to the generations that shall be, until brick 
and stone, and mortar shall have crumbled, and the 
action of the elements shall have worn away from the 
tablet all traces of the letters which compose the illustri- 
ous name, — in this building, within these walls, resonant 
with his praise, and tributary of the esteem, with which 



b MEMOKIAL OF EDWAKl) EVERETT. 

the men of this generation regarded him, we do gratify 
our feeHngs of reverence and of affection, as we gather 
here in sympathy with a whole community ; and among 
ourselves, in our own way, to mourn for the lamented 
dead, where we have met to rejoice with the honored 
living. 

I am aware, Mr. Chairman, that I am indebted for the 
compliment of an invitation to be present on this occasion 
to the fact, that a few years since, it was my privilege to 
bear an humble part in connecting Mr. Everett's name 
permanently with this school. 

To a gentleman, now a member of the Committee, and 
myself, were entrusted the arrangements for the dedica- 
tion, and we entered upon our duties, by waiting upon 
Mr. Everett, to inform him of the action of the Board, 
and to request his presence at the dedication, which was 
to take place on the following Monday, the 17th of 
September, the 230th birthday of our city. He cheer- 
fully complied with our request, and most of us remem- 
ber with pleasure, his participation in the exercises of 
that day, when with his friends, the Hon. Robert C. 
Winthrop, President Felton, of blessed memory. Rev. Dr* 
George Putnam, of our neighboring city, and Rev. Dr. Eliot, 
of Washington University, he joined the city authorities, 
and teachers and pupils of the school, in consecrating this 
building to the lofty purposes of education, — under his 
revered name, to hold no unworthy place among the 
excellent schools of our metropolis. 

That Mr. Everett appreciated what had been accom- 
plished, in this appropriation of his name, we may learn, if 



SERVICES AT THE EVERETT SCHOOL. 7 

we recall the words used by liim, on that occasion, where 
he says, " Devoted, for a pretty long life, to the public 
service, in a variety of pursuits and occupations, laboring, 
I know, I may say diligently, and I hope I may add, 
though sometimes with erring judgment, yet always with 
honest purpose, for the public good at home and abroad; 
I franlily own, sir, that no public honor, compliment, or 
reward which has fallen to my lot, has given me greater 
pleasure than the association of my name with one of 
these noble public schools of Boston." In full accord- 
ance with this expression, are other indications which 
have come under my personal observation. Both by 
letter, and from his o^n lips, have I had repeated assur- 
ance that he was deeply interested in the prosperity of 
this school ; that he felt a just pride in its reputation and 
in its usefulness ; and as he more than once said, he only 
waited the time, when his country could be relieved from 
threatening perils, to manifest his interest more by his 
frequent presence. Alas, for the school, that day will 
not come ! Alas ! for us and for the school, the demands 
of a bleeding country upon his patriotic services pre- 
vented his frequent and valuable participation in cultivat- 
ing here the arts of peace. But thanks to the Providence 
which ordained it, he was found equal to the emergency, 
and in the hour of our country's greatest need, when the 
hearts of men were failing them from fear, he stood 
forth, loftiest among the mighty, the safe counsellor, the 
champion of republican institutions in their purity, the 
intelligent and eloquent prophet of the ultimate triumph 
of liberty. You, my young friends of the school, were 



8 MEMORIAL or EDWARD EVERETT. 

deprived of his benedictive presence and his valuable 
counsels ; but his strength of body and mind, and the 
earnest prayers of his trusting, Christian heart were given 
to his country, which needed them more than you. And, 
to-day, when we are met to mourn his sudden departure, 
we can rejoice, tliat by the sublime efforts of his genius, 
as developed so recently in untried channels, and the con- 
secration of his matchless powers to sustain all that is 
good in the institutions under which we live ; in the out- 
pourings of his lips that the hungry might be fed, the 
naked clothed, and the famishing restored ; and all this, 
while not entirely neglecting the multitude of obligations 
which had claimed a share in his regards and his services, 
under a happier condition of national affairs, he showed 
to us and to the whole world that his last days were his 
best days, and every day as it came, shortening his career 
upon the earth, found him better fitted for heaven. 

We can then, and we will mingle gratitude with our 
lamentations over his grave, — gratitude to God, that to 
our times he gave such a complete development of the 
highest manhood. We will be grateful for his services to 
the world, — grateful that his unsurpassed talents were 
never used but for the public good, — grateful that before 
our bodily eyes has been presented, in attractive form 
and feature, such an excellent example. In the refined 
scholar, in the accomplished orator, in the consummate 
statesman, in the perfect gentleman, in the unostentatious 
Christian, we find an embodiment of what our free insti- 
tutions, in their highest culture, directed and controlled 
by a living Christianity, will produce. We will be grate- 



SERVICES AT TUE EVERETT SCHOOL. 9 

ful also for our humble connection with him, trifling 
though it be ; for so miach as it is, it has been another 
bond to whatever is good, and noble, and true. When- 
ever he has been with us, he did not leave us without his 
blessing. And now that he has ascended, I would that all 
which is worthy of remembrance and imitation, — and 
how much was there in such a life as his, — I would that 
it should be transfigured before us. As we shall see his 
living face no more, I rejoice that the devotion of the 
master of this school, and his reverence for him who was 
worthiest among the living, now sainted among the dead, 
prompted his generous heart to secure this splendid 
marble bust, calm, graceful, majestic, like him whose 
lineaments it so accurately portrays, but to-day deco- 
rated with the emblems of sadness, in sympathy with all 
around. I rejoice it is here. I rejoice it is to remain 
here, to be more precious than before ; to remind all 
who enter within these walls that the presiding genius 
here is excellence, — excellence in conversation, excel- 
lence in deportment, excellence in intellectual accom- 
plishments, excellence in Christian graces. Under such 
a tutelage, with the throng of cooperating advantages 
here enjoyed, we might trust in the most flattering prom- 
ise of a generation of well educated, well balanced, 
firm principled, devoted, Christian women, to bear their 
honorable part in the great future of our country. 

But, Mr. Chairman and friends, I have consumed the 
portion of time which it becomes me to occupy ; and I 
must close, although I have just reached that part of my 
theme which most attracts me. I must leave to others to 

2 



10 MEMOKIAL OP EDWAED EVERETT. 

dwell upon the value of such an example before the 
youth of our land. What a wealth of beneficent influence 
is treasured up in the story of his life ! Though " being 
dead, he yet speaketh." To all alike, young and old, he 
speaks, telling of the possibilities wrapped up in this 
nature of ours, of the responsibilities which accompany 
exalted talents, and how religiotisly they may be fulfilled; — 
of the present reward, which waits upon fidelity to duty, 
and a compliance with the providential directions of 
passing life, — telling, how it is possible to be great and 
good ; to be kind, and virtuous, and true ; to be learned in 
all worldly lore, to hold the loftiest positions among men, 
and yet be studious of the precepts of the Master, humbly 
following Him who " went about doing good," — how it is 
possible to move uncontaminated amid the world's glitter- 
ing fascinations and its fleeting shadows, — to turn aside 
from the broad highway and its sure destruction, to enter 
in at the straight gate, — to attain, as he attained, and to 
share with him " the peace and the progress of the 
skies." 

Kev. R. C. Waterston, a member of the Sub-Committee, said: — 

It is natural that we should strive to recall, as far as 
possible, each incident in the life of the illustrious bene 
factor who has been so recently taken from us. Every 
look and word, all the expressions of counsel and en- 
couragement which we have heard him utter. 

It was one of his great pleasures to visit this school, 



SERVICES AT THE EVERETT SCHOOL. 11 

bearing as it did his name ; and you, I am quite sure, 
always felt it a privilege to Avelcome him. 

In that volume from which we have just heard such 
appropriate passages read, — we are told that when Peter 
was in a certain city of Judea, one who had been actively 
useful, had been suddenly taken away. When the Apos- 
tle met the sorrowing company, they gathered around, 
showiug the garments they had received, while the friend 
now departed was yet living. What a graphic touch of 
nature is that ! 

The instructive prompting of their hearts led them to 
recall those grateful reminiscences. It was the finest 
tribute which could be paid, surpassing in its simplicity 
all human eloquence. 

Thus Shakespeare, with his transcendent knowledge of 
human nature, makes Mark Antony exclaim over the 
body of Julius Caesar : — 

"You all do know this mantle, I remember 
The first time ever Csesar put it on." 

So in the presence of the Apostle, the people gather 
about him holding up for his notice the treasured memo- 
rials of their departed friend, recounting each act of 
kindness. 

True to the same natural impulse, at the present 
moment, societies, associations, and individuals are 
meeting together, that they may express those feehngs 
of respect and affection which gush up with fresh in- 
tensity in the heart. Fondly do they dwell upon each 



12 MEMORIAL OF EDWARD EVERETT. 

pleasant remembrance. What he has said and done in 
their behalf. The University, the City, the State, the 
Nation, pauses to recount every word and deed. 

Ay, even while we speak, the steamer that so lately 
left this port, may be entering the harbor of Savannah, 
while those who receive the aid which has been thus gen- 
erously sent, having heard already by the swift telegraph, 
of this sad event, may exclaim — "That eloquent voice 
(to be heard no more) gave forth its closing accents in 
our behalf. That which we receive, in this hour of need, 
comes as from his hand ! " 

So also with us, my young friends, we shall do well to 
recall in this impressive hour, whatever we may have 
known of that life and character. If we have seen that 
face, if we have heard that voice, if we have had any 
special opportunity at any time or in any way of becom 
ing acquainted with a mind which exerted so wide and 
so powerful an influence, let us dwell upon it in thought, 
let us speak of it frankly one with another. 

Thus if you remember Mr. Everett's visits to this 
School, if you can recall any of his remarks, you will do 
well to retain that recollection as vividly as possible ; to 
strengthen the impression, and to add to its value by 
speaking of it to others. 

I know that he gave a book to each of the older scholars, 
the name written out in connection with his own ; with 
what constantly increasing interest, will others look upon 
that autograph ! 

My personal acquaintance Avith Mr. Everett commenced 
in 1834:, — thirty-one years ago. I had written an article 



SERVICES AT THE EVERETT SCHOOL. 13 

for the North American Review, of which he was, at that 
time, the editor. He resided at Charlestown, and sent an 
invitation for me to come and see him. Never can I for- 
get his kindness upon that occasion, a kindness which 
knew no shadow through thirty years. Within three 
days of his death, I received two notes from him, in one 
of which he says " I rise from my bed (to which I have 
been mostly confined since Monday) to write you." The 
day following he says — " I was too ill to write at any 
length yesterday, and I am not much better to-day." 
Then, having added a few lines, he closes with the words 
" My head is too cloudy." A startling expression from 
him, and, I confess, awakening the first feeling of ap- 
prehension. 

This I received on Friday. On Sunday morning he 
was no more here. On that Monday, to which he refers, 
he had made his thrilling, and (as we then little knew) 
his last speech at Faneuil Hall. That mind which seemed 
never cloudy before, had this slight foreshadowing, this 
gentle mtimation of the swift-approaching event. Now, 
even that momentary veil has been withdrawn, and that 
mind, with its wonderful powers, has risen into celestial 
glory. 

How mysterious ! and yet is it not blended with grand- 
eur ? With every faculty in unsurpassed vigor, active 
and usefid, never more so, to the whole community and 
the entire Nation, suddenly he is uplifted above the things 
of time. Sorrowful as we may feel, is there not reason 
on his account for exultation 1 

As long as the oldest of us here can remember, he has 



14 MEMORIAL OF EDWARD EVERETT. 

been one of the most marked men of the country, and 
never has he been more honored or beloved than within 
the last four years of our country's strife and struggle. 

Through these days of calamity and cloud, he has been 
firm and fearless. I need not dwell upon that patriotic 
devotion which we have all witnessed, and to which we 
shall ever recur with gratitude and delight. 

My purpose at this time will be, not to dwell upon his 
public career, but briefly to consider two or three of those 
characteristics, which it may be of advantage for the 
pupils of this school, and for the young generally, to keep 
in mind. 

The first characteristic to which I will refer is, his 
Courtesy. This, I believe, he extended at all times, to 
all persons, old and young, learned and ignorant, rich and 
poor. I doubt if he was ever guilty of a discoui'teous act 
to the least influential person, or even to an opponent. 
It is my conviction that this was in him no empty for- 
mality ; but that it was based upon a thoughtfulness of 
the feelings and the rights of others. This respectfulness 
of manner, this grace of deportment, so marked, and so 
attractive in our distinguished friend, was a trait which the 
young may well keep before them as an incentive. 
Some things are beyond our reach, but this, to a consider- 
able degree, is within the attainment of all. 

At times, unawares, perhaps, the young acquire a brusk 
manner. They become, it may be, abrupt, hasty, pert, 
overbearing. They are not properly respectful to the 
aged. There is a lack of gentleness in their daily inter- 
course with their companions. 



SERVICES AT THE EVEEETT SCHOOL. 15 

In what striking contrast to this was the manner and 
the spirit of Edward Everett. 

Let the young, when they recall the splendor of those 
gifts which made him illustrious, and some of which are 
far beyond common acquirement, remember this winning 
and admirable trait, by which he imparted pleasure to 
many, through all the daily routine of life. 

Another remarkable characteristic of ISIr. Everett was 
his Memory. 

This was no doubt in him a rare natural endowment. 
Still it was strengthened by care and culture. Probably 
no man in this country has possessed this faculty and per- 
fected it to such a degree, unless it was John Quincy 
Adams ; but this gift in him, though as extraordinary in 
some respects, was less marvellous in others. 

John Quincy Adams appeared to remember the name of 
every person he had ever known, the ideas of every book 
he had ever read, and each fact which had ever presented 
itself to his knowledge. And, moreover, he was never at 
a loss. The instant that any subject was suggested, at 
that instant all his recollections and acquisitions were be- 
fore him, in perfect order and ready for use. But Avith 
him, as far as I know, it was principally names, facts, 
data, the rich ore which he could work abundantly, and 
turn evermore to his purpose. All history and literature 
seemed familiar to his mind, his eye penetrating through 
everything at a glance, and resting upon the very fact 
he needed. But Mr. Everett, while he remembered facts, 
names, and data, could also recall with unerring exactness 
the precise language of an author. 



16 MEMORIAL OF EDWARD EVERETT. 

We all know how he could with ease repeat, word for 
word, orations of one and two hours in length, without 
the slightest reference to notes, and this in a natural tone, 
without apparent effort, as if every expression was the 
spontaneous utterance of the moment. 

I will mention a little incident illustrative of his 
memory, which happened to come within my knowledge. 
A friend of mine in London stated to me that an English 
gentleman, having printed a history of one of the inte- 
rior counties of England, he sent a copy of the work to 
our city Library. In writing to Mr. Everett, as one of 
the Trustees of the Library, my friend suggested that, as 
the book was privately printed, it would doubtless be a 
gratification to the author if he should receive some 
special acknowledgment. 

By the next steamer a letter was received from Mr. 
Everett — not only expressing thanks for the volume, but 
Mr. Everett stated in addition that he was at Oxford when 
that gentleman received his degree. That he listened with 
great pleasure to a Poem which that gentleman recited at 
that time, and that he was particularly impressed by the 
following Imes. Here he quoted a passage from a Poem 
which had never been published, and which Mr. Everett 
heard incidentally from a young man at that time quite 
unknown, and in connection with the various public 
exercises of a Literary Festival, and yet years after he 
could recall those lines, and send them across the Atlantic 
to the author, who was as much astonished as if he had 
heard a voice coming down to him from the heavens. 

It is doubtful if there is another man in the country 



SERVICES AT THE EVERETT SCHOOL. 17 

who could have exercised such a singular power of 
memory, or have made such a felicitous use of it. 

Mr. Everett's natural gift he used and directed with 
consummate care. It would be curious to know more 
fully his rules and practices. While at College he com- 
mitted the whole of Locke on the Human Understandincr, 
so that he could repeat it word for word, from the intro- 
duction to the close. And in an address delivered at the 
request of the Massachusetts Historical Society, I heard 
him repeat more than one hundred and eighty names of 
authors and artists of different nations, Greek, Latin, Ger- 
man, Italian, Spanish, French, in exact order, with as 
much apparent ease as he would have spoken his own 
name. 

This power varies in different persons, but there is no 
faculty more perceptibly affected by culture. You may 
be sure, my young friends, that by every lesson you learn, 
by every paragraph you commit, you are strengthening 
this important faculty of mind, which may prove an in- 
calculable advantage to you in after life. No one can 
fully estimate the value of this faculty to such a man as 
]\Ir. Everett. How different he would have been with 
that one power wanting ! And how greatly is the world 
indebted to him for the diligence and wisdom with which 
he employed it. 

The next and closing characteristic of which I will 
speak is that fidelity which was manifested by Mr. Everett, 
not only in great but in minor duties. It was said of 
Oberlin that he was conscientious even to the roundin<r of 
an O. Mr. Everett was faithful to the same degree. 



18 MEMORIAL OF EDWARD EVERETT. 

Nothing was too minute for his observation or his care. 
You see it in every note he penned, in every word he 
uttered. It mattered not whether he was to give an 
elaborate oration before some learned University, or a 
brief address before some small Society, or simply a 
remark to an individual, the words to be spoken were well 
considered. There was an appropriateness and a com- 
pleteness which made it memorable. 

Every pamphlet he received he acknowledged with his 
own hand, and whatever he did was done promptly. His 
industry and punctuality were something extraordinary. 
The notes from which I have quoted, received within 
three days of his death, are a proof that not even illness 
could prevent him from fulfilling, even to within a few 
hours of his departure, whatever it was within his power 
to do. I confess that even more than for his most splen- 
did achievements do I honor him for his life-long fidelity 
to the minutest of duties. These were the steps by which 
he climbed to surprising elevations. The rounds in that 
ladder, which, planted on the earth, reached upward and 
vipward. Every young person may learn a lesson of wis- 
dom from Mr. Everett here. Wordsworth tells us that — 

" The primal duties shine aloft — like stars ; 
The charities that soothe, and heal, and bless. 
Are scattered at the feet of man — like flowers." 

So there were gifts in Mr. Everett which we may never 
aspire to possess. They shine aloft like stars, to cheer 
and guide us in our pathway ; but there are qualities 
which are scattered bountifully within our reach. Let us 



SERVICES AT THE EVERETT SCHOOL. 19 

then gain whatever advantage is possible from any portion 
of his life, and any characteristics of his mind, which 
may offer for us a lesson. 

There are those who will remember Mr. Everett chiefly 
as the Orator ; some will dwell upon him as the States- 
man ; some as the man of Letters ; some will recall his 
patriotism in these latter days of his country's trial. But 
while you think of him as the Scholar, the Patriot, the 
Statesman, the Orator, — you will think of him, perhaps, 
most fondly as the friend of the Everett School. You 
will dwell upon him in thought, as he appeared to you 
while here. May his example inspire you to constant 
diligence, and may the memory of what he accomplished 
lead you to perpetual progress. 

Mr. Charles W. Slack said : — 

Mr. Chairman and Friends : Mr. Everett's character 
was so many-sided that there are few who cannot speak 
of some one particular quality that makes his memory and 
name respected. For me, two or three will suffice on 
this occasion. 

* 

1. His deep interest in public education. Himself a 
graduate at the age of 10 of the North (now Eliot) School 
of this city, his children severally educated, in part, at the 
public schools, and his every influence exerted for the 
success of the common-school system of our State, he was 
particularly near to us who meet on this occasion. As 
Governor of Massachusetts, he was largely influential in 
giving permanence to the beneficial system of Normal 



20 MEMORIAL OF EDWARD EVERETT. 

Schools, which are alike our pride and strength. True, 
Horace Mann was a potential coadjutor in this good work 
of a systematic and progressive scheme of School educa- 
tion, but Mr. Everett gave the large weight of his official 
and personal aid to the work. Then, also, he was largely 
the promoter of the lyceum or lecture system, now so 
common and so popular. Before his day, the lecture- 
course for the instruction of the people was wholly 
unknown. How much we are indebted to him for this 
great service, we can readily appreciate should we be 
deprived of our Mercantile Library, our Parker-Frater- 
nity, our Young Men's Christian Association s Lectures, or, 
more recently, those charming lectures of Mr. Emerson, 
all of which are the direct result of Mr. Everett's desire 
to instruct and benefit the community. Surely, we can 
all thank him for these educational advantages to the 
common people. 

2. His wonderful and systematic industry, joined with 
a courteous readiness to aid in any proper work for the 
benefit of his fellow-citizens. Think of his long and 
varied life ! the tasks imposed upon him in each sphere, 
and with what rare fidelity he discharged his several 
trusts ! What files of addresses, reports, messages, letters, 
orations, attest his knowledge, scholarship, cooperation, 
as well as eloquence ! He was ever a cheerful worker. I 
think no one ever appealed to him for assistance in a 
laudable enterprise that did not, if he Avere not pre- 
occupied, receive it cordially and punctually. And this 
trait of his punctuality was a marked one. It was as 
much a charm of his life as his eloquence. He never de- 



SEUVICKS AT THE EVEItETT SCHOOL. 21 

layed, even in the minutest, and, seemingly, most unim- 
portant particulars. I remember, last September, being 
interested in a meeting in Faneuil Hall, to have realized 
the value of this excellence. It was just after the brilliant 
success of the indomitable and persistent Sherman, who, 
amid the mountains of Georgia, had just planted his 
colors in triumph over the city of Atlanta. It was while 
the news was coming to us that the brave old Farragut 
had defiantly made the passage of the forts in Mobile 
Bay, and conquered the second city of the South without 
even placing his foot upon the land. Some of us wanted to 
celebrate these victories in Faneuil Hall. As one of the 
Committee of Arrangements, I called on Mr. Everett, to 
aid in its success. He received me cordially, thanked me 
heartily for the honor, told me his whole heart and soul 
was in response to the glad tidings and the objects of the 
meeting, but he had for a few days been very feeble in 
health, was busily engaged in the preparation of twelve 
lectures upon law for Harvard University, there was 
scarce time for him to elaborate a first-class oration for 
the occasion, as he should desire, and, very reluctantly, he 
must decline the invitation. To assent cheerfully to the 
disappointment, for such reasons, was only a duty. " But 
you can send a letter, Mr. Everett, to the meeting, can 
you not?" I asked. " With great pleasure," was the cor- 
dial response, " if that will be acceptable. Call to- 
morrow at four o'clock, and it shall be ready for you." I 
need not say that at the hour named, almost to a minute, 
that letter was in my hands, in his well-known, faultless 
chirography, no interlineations, every t crossed, every i 



22 MEMORIAL OF EDWARD EVERETT. 

dotted, — a model for teacher or pupil in any school ; and 
this from a man pressed with untold cares, and in the 
seventy-first year of his age ! That letter I have now 
with me, just as it was prepared for that rejoicing Faneuil 
Hall assembly by Mr. Everett himself. I have been 
solicited by committees of national fairs, lovers of choice 
autographs, and others, to part with it. What committees 
and friends could not by entreaty and long persuasion 
induce me to surrender, I now cheerfully give to the 
Everett School, through its Principal, to be added to such 
other souvenirs as may be possessed, as my tribute, as a 
past chairman and a past secretary of the Everett School 
District Committee, to the memory of a man deserving 
to have the School named in his honor. 

3. His Nationality. This was deep-seated, far-reach- 
ing, wholly American. He believed in the American 
name, American literature, science, commerce, manufac- 
tures, and the craft of the artisan. Never was this 
quality so brilliantly illustrated as during the last four 
years. American law, order, nationality, the sovereignty 
of a great people, the perpetuity of the great republic, 
were the themes which found expression in a hundred 
ways- of popular address. He sustained the war, he sus- 
tained the government, he sustained the administration , 
it was all unselfish, disinterested, cordial, patriotic. No 
man can measure the value of this support — scarce one 
throughout the continent equalled it in influence. This 
memory of the departed will to many be the sweetest and 
longest enduring. 

I fear, Mr. Chairman, I do not join with many in the 



SERVICES AT THE EVERETT SCHOOL. 23 

feeling of profound sorrow which has attended this depart- 
ure. I cannot divorce my mind from the thought that it 
is a wise consummation of a full-measured and rounded- 
out existence here. To me it is in accord with the benefi- 
cent laws of nature. I know that the wilting and falling 
leaves of the flower only indicate that its keenest fragrance 
and intensest coloring have been given to its admirers ; I 
see the golden fruit, streaked with its ribands of emerald 
and ruby, hanging in the autumn sun, and at the favoring 
moment it drops, fully ripe, into the lap of mother earth ; 
the dying swan, we are told, throws forth its sweetest 
notes of song with its expiring breath ; and may we not 
believe that, with the same all-wise provision for His 
children, the good Father called our departed friend when 
his work was fully done, his life wholly completed, and 
his memory should be the sweetest to all who remain ? 
Let us be thankful we have that memory, that life, that 
work, and from them each shall radiate influences which 
shall evermore bless and benefit the world. 

The master of the School, in a few appropriate remarks, 
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